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| author | Ben Thompson <thompson.benedictjames@gmail.com> | 2017-10-30 14:23:51 +0000 |
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| committer | bitcoindev <bitcoindev@gnusha.org> | 2017-10-30 14:24:04 +0000 |
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Re: [bitcoin-dev] Visually Differentiable - Bitcoin Addresses
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This is to make sure some rogue +> > software is not changing the address, or I incorrectly pasted the wrong +> > address. +> > +> > +> > With Bech32 address, its seems like in this department we are taking as +> step +> > in the backward direction. With the traditional address, I could compare +> > first few bytes like 1Ko or 1L3. With bech32, bc1. is all I can see and +> > compare which is likely to be same anyway. Note that most users will only +> > compare the first few bytes only (since addresses themselves are very +> long +> > and will overflow in a mobile text box). +> > +> > Is there anyway to make the Bech32 addresses format more visually +> distinct +> > (atleast the first few bytes) ? +> > +> > _______________________________________________ +> > bitcoin-dev mailing list +> > bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org +> > https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev +> > +> _______________________________________________ +> bitcoin-dev mailing list +> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org +> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev +> + +--94eb2c19516cdb9701055cc46376 +Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" +Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable + +<p dir=3D"ltr">The last few bytes can be generated to be the same also.</p> +<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Mon, 30 Oct 2017, 14:20 = +Ricardo Filipe via bitcoin-dev, <<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.lin= +uxfoundation.org">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>> wrote:<br><= +/div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-le= +ft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">start double checking the last few byte= +s instead?<br> +<br> +2017-10-30 8:56 GMT+00:00 shiva sitamraju via bitcoin-dev<br> +<<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_bla= +nk">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>>:<br> +> Hi,<br> +><br> +> When I copy and paste bitcoin address, I double check the first few by= +tes,<br> +> to make sure I copied the correct one. This is to make sure some rogue= +<br> +> software is not changing the address, or I incorrectly pasted the wron= +g<br> +> address.<br> +><br> +><br> +> With Bech32 address, its seems like in this department we are taking a= +s step<br> +> in the backward direction. With the traditional address, I could compa= +re<br> +> first few bytes like 1Ko or 1L3. With bech32, bc1. is all I can see an= +d<br> +> compare which is likely to be same anyway. Note that most users will o= +nly<br> +> compare the first few bytes only (since addresses themselves are very = +long<br> +> and will overflow in a mobile text box).<br> +><br> +> Is there anyway to make the Bech32 addresses format more visually dist= +inct<br> +> (atleast the first few bytes) ?<br> +><br> +> _______________________________________________<br> +> bitcoin-dev mailing list<br> +> <a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_bl= +ank">bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a><br> +> <a href=3D"https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-= +dev" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org= +/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev</a><br> +><br> +_______________________________________________<br> +bitcoin-dev mailing list<br> +<a href=3D"mailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_blank">= +bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org</a><br> +<a href=3D"https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev" = +rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mail= +man/listinfo/bitcoin-dev</a><br> +</blockquote></div> + +--94eb2c19516cdb9701055cc46376-- + |